أَكْلeat

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّهُ لَوْلا مَيْلُهُ إِلَى الْمَطْعَمِ مَا أَكَلَ

  For if not for his inclination towards food, he would not eat.

  أَكَلَ — would eat. Past-tense verb, subject 'he' built in; with 'ma' = 'he would not have eaten'.

  From: When Desire Exceeds Its Bounds →

• وَلَو كنت عُذْري الصبابة لم تكن بطينا وأنساك الْهوى كَثْرَة الْأكل

  And if you were excused in passionate longing, you would not have been gluttonous, and love would have made you forget excessive eating.

  الْأَكْلِ — eating. A verbal noun 'eating', the owner completing 'the abundance of eating', genitive. Over-eating, which love would have erased from mind.

  From: Remembering and Loving God →

• وَمن خلقت فِيهِ قُوَّة الْأكل وَالشرب فلذته بِاسْتِعْمَال قوته فيهمَا

  And those created with the power for eating and drinking experience pleasure by exercising their strength in them.

  الأَكْلِ — for eating. 'Eating', the owner completing 'the power of eating', genitive, definite. The appetite for food.

  From: Directing Desire Toward God →

• وقد وصف الله علماء السوء بأكل الدنيا بالعلم،

  And Allah described the corrupt scholars as devouring the world with knowledge.

  بِأَكْلِ — as devouring. Here 'bi-' is fused on to mark what they are described as: 'as devouring'. The preposition attaches the manner of description and governs the action-noun after it, which names the act of eating up the world.

  From: Knowledge and Humility →

• فَذَكَرَ مِنْهَا الشِّرْكَ بِاللَّهِ، وَالسِّحْرَ، وَقَتْلَ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ، وَأَكْلَ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ، وَأَكْلَ الرِّبَا، وَالتَّوَلِّيَ يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ، وَقَذْفَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ

  He mentioned among them: associating partners with Allah, sorcery, unjust killing, consuming the wealth of an orphan, usury, fleeing from the battlefield, and falsely accusing chaste, unaware, believing women - agreed upon by scholars.

  وَأَكْلَ — and consuming. A fused 'and' plus a noun, 'and the consuming', the head of an 'X of Y' chain, 'consuming the wealth of the orphan'. Another listed object, it owns the noun that follows.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →

• فَذَكَرَ مِنْهَا الشِّرْكَ بِاللَّهِ، وَالسِّحْرَ، وَقَتْلَ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ، وَأَكْلَ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ، وَأَكْلَ الرِّبَا، وَالتَّوَلِّيَ يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ، وَقَذْفَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ

  He mentioned among them: associating partners with Allah, sorcery, unjust killing, consuming the wealth of an orphan, usury, fleeing from the battlefield, and falsely accusing chaste, unaware, believing women - agreed upon by scholars.

  وَأَكْلَ — and consuming. A fused 'and' plus a noun, 'and the consuming', heading another 'X of Y' phrase. It is a further listed object, repeated to introduce the next forbidden gain.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →